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. THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929 \ THE OSHAWA £ A po (Established 1871) 'An independent newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Sec- retary. fhe Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana. dian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As "sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the ¢{ Audit Buresu of Circulations. 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 10c a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. ' TORONTO OFFICE 87 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929 THE ROTARY CLUB'S APPEAL In the plans which are being made by the Oshawa Rotary Club for the annual street fair which is to be held on June 19, the Rotarians have one great thought in mind. As their contribution of service to the wel- fare of the commutity, they have undertaken certain definite lines of work. They have done wonderful things in correcting defects of crippled children, in 'making it possible for the Red Cross Society, through. Rotary Cottage, to restore health to sick and under- privileged children, and in providing, in Rotary Park, a playground which gives the children of the city countless hours of healthful recreation. To accomplish all this work takes money--a good deal' of it. The Rotarians themselves finance all the regular club activities and festivities, and it is only when the community find needs replenishing that the citizens are asked to assist. That is why the street fair is being held, why a great program of attractions and'entertainment is being provided, so that the pub- lic will feel the urge to help the Rotarians in their work of mercy and service. for those who are less fortunate than themselves, And, when the citizens are being offered pleasure, fun: and frolic in return "for the contributions they make, there should be no holding back. . The Rotary Club has, in the past, won a splendid reputation for the value of its work. That reputation is being' made even 'greater year by year, and is a guarantee to the citizens that, in helping the street . fair to success, they are also helping to make scores, "nay,chundreds, of little children happier and healthier 'and better dble to face the battles of life. GENERAL MOTORS AND AVIATION The advent of the General Motors Corporation. into the aviation business by the purchase of a large pro- 'portion of the stock of the Fokker Aircraft Corpora- tion is the logical move for so important an automo- tive concern. It would be hard to imagine a concern of this magnitude, se vitally involved in the business of transportation, rémaining out of this field. From the standpoint of aviation, the entry of Gen- eral Motors into the field should be a strong stim- ulus to this industry. It can be taken for granted that "the. same aggressive and progressive policies which have given General Motors Corporation a lead- ership in the automotive field will be applied to its aviation venture, and will thus do a great deal to popularize aeroplane travel. Naturally, the people of Oshawa are interested in the venture of General Motors into the aviation in- dustry. It is mot too much to hope that the day is mot far distant when the manufacture of aeroplanes in Canada on a large scale will be undertaken' in Osh- awa, since there are already' so large General Motors interests in this city. That, naturally, is the hope of the people of this city, who are well-aware of what the Geheral Motors of Canada means to Oshawa, and are keenly interested in the development of the com- pany in any direction which means further progress. 'A WRONG THAT SHOULD BE RIGHTED: Some. years ago, the Canadian government had a luxury tax which was applied to automobiles. When this tax was withdrawn, it left the automobile dealers - in a serious position. They had large stocks of cars on hand on which they had paid the tax, but on which 'they could collect no tax from the buyers, and many of them were 'threatened with failure by this sudden drain, upon their resources. The government of that time recognized the justice of their claim that they should be' allowed a refund of this tax, and, after many appeals, and long negotiations, they agreed to pay it back to the dealers who had paid it. So far so good, but there was another principle in- volved, and a sound principle, which the government did not recognize, the principle which.weuld apply to ordinary business, that those dealers receiving refunds were entitled to receive interest on the money, be- longing to them, which the government had held, in many cases, for years. ue A demand for the recognition of this principle, on a retroactive basis, is being strongly pressed upon the present government, the chief advocate of this de. mand being James R. Dixon, of Ottawa, one of the heavy sufferers from the repeal of the tax some years ago. Mr. Dixon takes the sound position that the government should pay interest on all refunds of money which has been overpaid to it and has been held for some time, or on refunds of taxes which have been made the subject of rebate by the government. * The position which Mr. Dixon takes is a sound one, because it has already been recognized by. the government of the United States as such. The sta- tutes of that country provide that on all rebates and refunds of taxes, interest shall be added to "the amount owing to the taxpayer. In a case like this, the: government assumes, for. all practical purposes, the position of a borrower of money, and should be | entitled H. D. Tresidder, representative. in Canada. _ as often as that of Greece. prepared. to ; would have to do in a like case. The government en- joys the use of the money for a certain period, and should thercfore be prepared to pay for that privilege. The. demand of Mr, Dixon is meeting' with strong. support from newspapers and public bodies all over the country, and rightly so, for governments are not - a law unto themselves, and they should be prepared - to 'act fairly and justly to those who have become to refunds from the. public treastiry, and to . give them the same privileges and rights which they themselves claim when the shoe is on the other foot, and 'taxes are overdue. It is hard to understand why any government should object to a course which is so strongly justified by every pringiple of business, . EMPIRE BUYERS ARE EMPIRE BUILDERS ---- ; "The movement to promote the development of inter- Imperial trade which has grown up all over the Bri- tish Empire within the last few years is one of the signs of a new Empire consciousness that has become 4 feature of the thinking of British people all over the world. Apart from sentiment and love of the motherland, one of the strongest ties binding the Em- pire together is the tie of trade and commerce, and as this grows, so will the relations between the component' parts of the Empire become closer. In this issue of The Times, special attention is be- ing devoted to the Empire Shopping Week announce- ments of Oshawa merchants. Those merchants who are co-operating in this movement; and who are mak-- ing special showings of Empire goods in their stores, . are displaying loyalty and patriotism that are com- mendable.. They have been seized with the convic- tion that the British Empire, in every line of industry, can produce goods which for quality and price can compete with those of any other part. of the world, and by their special Empire offerings they are prov- ing this fact, It should not be hard to appeal to the loyalty and patriotism of the people of Oshawa. This week they are being given an opportunity to prove for them- selves that it will pay them to buy goods made in Canada and in other parts of the British Empire, By so doing, they will not only be benefitting themselves, but, as Empire buyers, they will become Empire build- ers, taking part in a great movement to strengthen the ties holding the Empire together as the greatest force in he world today for the upbuilding of humanity. NEGLIGENCE AT CROSSINGS On Victoria Day a railway crossing accident cost three lives, three lives needlessly sacrificed to care lessness. For, according to a report issued by the Canadian: National Railways, negligence is respon- sible for practically every accident which occurs at a railway crossing. A study of this report makes one. wonder at the "gross recklessness of some of the motorists whose ' cars were involved in accidents, often with fatal re- sults. In no less than 326 cases, automobiles broke or damaged crossing gates which had been lowered to keep cars off the tracks. That seems as if there were many drivers wilfully and deliberately negli- gent, unwilling to pay any attention to even the most rigid safeguards provided for them. In 165 more accidents, the drivers ignored stop signals whith were showing as trains neared the crossing. Here, again, there was negligence of the grossest kind. In many cases in which fatal accidents at cross- ings occur, there are complaints that the crossings are dangerous. Yet, to the driver who is truly care- ful, who slows up or stops his car before driving on to.a crossing, none of them are dangerous. The dan- ger lies entirely in the failure of the human element . to take precautions of an elementary nature to save his own life and the lives of those in the car with him, Warnings and signals appear to be of little effect. Only a few days ago, in a large advertisement, the department of highways urged extra caution during the holiday week-end. Yet the record of accidents was frightful. It is pitiful that men will be so foolishly careless as they are when behind thé wheel of a car, but to find a way of making careful driving' compulsory would tax the greatest wisdom of e modern Solomon. EDITORIAL NOTES Every week should be Empire Shopping Week. Thrifty housewives will find that they can buy Empire products just as cheaply and economically as ' those of foreign countries. "Empire buyers are Empire builders," is the slogan 'this week. And buyers of goods made in Oshawa are builders of their own city. The Prince of Wales is using the aeroplane a great deal in his travels lately. Perhaps it may lead him in the same direction as Lindbergh. British 'election speakers are just the same as many A Labor speaker asked the newspaper- men to suppress part of his speech. > Hamilton is going to vote on daylight saving. Re- cent investigations there indicate that they need all the daylight they can get in the Mountain City. The Greek Senate has met for the first time since 1862. . There are many people who believe the Cana- dian Senate would be just as useful if it met only & Russia fis threatened with a bread shortage, al- though she used to be one of the world's great wheat exporting countries. This is one of the inevitable "results of the Communist experiment. A brewery has been fined $1,000 for distributing literature telling about its products. This is only a small fraction of what is wasted annually on the dis- tribution of the products themselves. The British election waited until the last week to warm up. When one candidate calls another an "ignorant gasbag" as a Labor speaker called Lloyd George, the fun can be said to have started. Lloyd George's reply should be interesting. It cost 'the coumtry $30,000 a day for eight days _ to have the postmaster-general's troubles aired in the House of Commons. Possibly the Conservatives think the election campaign ammunition they secured im. the debate was well worth the price. & interest on it, just as individuals | to drive. UNANIMOUS % (Ottawa Journal) Sir Henry Thornton: is in agree- ment with Presidént Beatty that the reduction in grain. rates from Buffalo to United Statés seaboard ports must be met. That, we fancy, '| makes the thing unanimous,' BILLBOARDS AND SCENMKY (Vancouver Sun) Our scenery is one of our price. Joss assets.' To allow it to be mar-| 4 red by ugly billboards is a crime. Not only, do the. boards cut off views of our matchless country, but often they are actual menaces to safety. They divert attention from driving 'and hide approaching traf- fic. Nature did a wonderful job on this province. To allow mankind to ruin it with rubbish is heart- breaking, ; i pre > RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (Windsor Border Cities Star) One of the most optimistic signs in Canada today is the energy be- ing displayed by both the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Rail- ways towards branching out and expanding their services. Each company looks forward to a busy season and 'hundreds of miles. of new tracks are to be started. Pai- ticularly in the West is there in- tense activity. Not only does this centre around the Hudson Bay route, but both lines are making plans to give better service to the mines and the farms. mr -- LIGRATS ON HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES (Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph) The opposition of the farming class to a general provincial law is part prejudice, part obstinacy and part laziness, but if the driver of a horse-drawn vehicle were risking only his own life the Government might well take the stand, under the circumstances, that his blood is on his own head. In point of fact, however, he is as much a po- tential menace to all other traffic upon the road as speeding motorists can possibly be to him. - Bits of Humor - TOO MUCH, IF ANY The Spatts had been at it again. "And furthermore," said Mrs. Spatt, concluding her long tirade, "you certainly aren't much of a husband." : "Well, my dear," her husband re- torted, wearily, "I can truthfully say you are a lot of wife."--Tit-Bits. PRICELESS TREASURE Although there are probably men in this world mean enough to take candy away from a baby, we don't suppose there is a man anywhere so low that he would deliberately de- prive a child of its spinach~Detroit Free Press. SOMETHING 10 Be THANKFUL 0 A little girl who disliked milk pud- dings had been' made to finish her portion before leaving the table. "Now may I get down?" she asked, with a sigh of relief, "When you've said your grace" nodded her mother. "But I've nothing to give thanks for," answered the child. ) "Then you'd better: stay there" This was too much for- the little girl, and putting her hands together, she murmured-- "For what I have received. I'm truly grateful, and I thank Heaven I wasn't sick." ANNOYING A coster and his bride were stand- ing at the altar waiting to be united. "Wilt thou have this woman?" asked the parson. "I'll," said the coster. "You must say 'I will'" corrected the parson, and repeated the ques- t ion. "I'll," said the cester again. . The irate parson threatened t stop the service if the response was not given in the proper manner. But this was too much for the bride. "Look here," she burst out, "you just stop your badgering. You'll 'ave Billsayin' 'No' in a moment, if you keeps on at it." Bits of Verse | EARTH, YIELD THY SECRET Earth, yield me thy secret; Budding tree and waving grass, Do the fairies lightly brush you As they pass? Whence the mystic sphere and plan- ets, Oceans depths of wealth untold; I would wrench from thee thy sec- ret, I am bold, Mystery of beauty! I would glimpse into thy heart. Earth, give up thy age-long secret Ere we part. life itself--power-- Whence its power--whence its au- thor-- 1 'Who has stored the shining gold ? Life, reveal to me thy secret-- Unfold! Unfold! --Annie Marion Fox. Toronto. 1d POVERTY THAT POSSESSES-- Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirg is hte kingdom of heaven. --Matthew 5:3. PRAYER--"Teach me, O Lord, Thy holy way, And give me an obedient mind." - " - @hat Body of % Pours By James W. Berton, M.D. a SAVING MIDDLE AGED FOLKS If the death rate in New York State was 21 per thousand in 1890, and only 12 per thousand in 1927 it 43 per cent in 37 years, ow you know of course that this doesn't mean that in forty odd years from now there will not be any deaths, : It does Prove however that the lowering of the death rate has been ue to the prevention and control of certain diseases which formerly car- ried off large contingents of infants and children. After middle life the death rates have not changed to any extent, It is safe to say that most of the important diseases' of child- hood are preventable, and that in the very near future deaths from diarr- hoea, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and whooping cough will join smallpox and yellow fever as memor- ies only. v But if more babies and children are saved because the above ailments have been overcome, then it means that there will naturally be more deaths in middle life and old age. . Now the point is that babies and infants are saved because the state, in the form of public health adminis- tration, sees the children are exam- ined in the schools, and the children are quarantined that have contracted infectious diseases, The babies get a better start in life than ever before becausé mothers now receive more care and attention before the child is born than they did in former days. Now what are folks of middle and old age to do if the number of deaths at that age is to be lessened ? Simply go to their family physi- cian and have a real "check up" on the entire body, The family physician is now equipped to give a thorough exam- ination and he has the added advan- tage in that he knows more about the patients personal history and peculiarities, than any other doctor possibly can know. Then the dentist should be con- sulted and even if this has been done twice a year it is not a real check up on the teeth if there has not been an X-ray every two or three years. If this check up by physician and dentist is done regularly, there will not only be a lessening of the death rate, but more happiness because of good. health. Dr. J. V. De Porte reminds us that from the point of view of society as a whole, sickness is more important than death, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) CEASELESS The motor car is the only agent of accidental death that knows no seasons but continues its work win- ter and summer, day and night, in good weather or in bad. means that the death rate dropped |. OSHAWA BRANCH OFFICE: 23 SIMCOE ST. NORTH Interest on your Savings 'Your ~ savings while awaiting 'investment can be profitably earn- ing our substantial interest rate of 4%. Established back in 1884, and with resources now of over Ten Million Dollars, the Central Canada is one of the oldest and strongest companies of its kind in Canada and well equipped to meet your every requirement. The Central Canada Loan and Savings Company pays 4% interest on deposits subject to withdrawal by check. For the convenient transacting of your business, our offices in Oshawa are open from 9 am. to 5 p.m. every business day including Saturday. May we look forward to serving you? QS EAR @A FVD CN EVA INGNR TON INS Operated Under Government Yaspettion TORONTO HEAD OFFICE: KING & VICTORIASTS. 08 | SAVINGS AX SAFE PLACE FOR A REPLY TO |; The British Labour Party And the General Election Article No. 10 by . LT..COL. CUTHBERT HEADLAM (Copyright--By Arrangement with Anglo-American Newspaper Service) MR. WALSH May I say at once that I have no serious criticism to make on Mr, Walsh's article, "Labour *and De- fence," which appeared in The Times of yesterday. It seems to me that it lays down clearly the prin- ciples on which the defence of our wide-flung Empire must be based if we are to face, with any confidence, possible trouble in the future. And, if I may say so without presump- tion, it exhibits an- attitude of mind which fully explains Mr. Walsh's success in carrying out the duties of the great office of State which he held in 1924. But, unless his practice differs from his precept-- and all who know Mr. Walsh will deny this charge--he must find him- self somewhat ill at ease sitting on the same benches as the Socialists, and he must be looking forward eagerly to his retirement--which we all hope will be a long and happy one --to release him from an embarrass- ing position. Year by year the pre- sent Conservative Government "has been pursuing a steady and consis- tent policy designed to lay the foun- dations of what we hope will be a lasting peace, and, putting precept into practice, it has year by year steadily reduced the expenditure on our fighting forces without violating those sound principles of defence enunciated by Mr. Walsh. Government Policy 'While effecting substantial econ- omy, the Government has pursued a policy which aims at securing--to quote the words of Mr. Walsh--that "the existing: defence {rrees in ndd's tion to providing for the safety of the Homeland can police the diverse and widely. scattered areas and com- munities within the British Common- wealth." This policy, however, has only been carried out in the face of persistent and bitter hostility from the Socialist Party. Even the grad- ual replacement -of absolete cruisers for the protection of our trade routes --a policy inaugurated by Mr. Walsh and his colleagues--has been severely criticised, and. the development of the dockyard at Singapore to enable the modern ships oF our Navy to per- form their functions effectively. (one of Mr. Walsh's principles) has been blazoned forth to the world as a di- rect threat to an old Eastern friend: j uspicious Socialists The Government's proposals, too, for the effective reduction of arma- emnts: have been labelled as "suspect by those "Peace at any Price" Socia- lists who believe that every country is right but their own. At home, this type of criticism is appreciated at its real value, but abroad, unfortunately, it is viewed in a different light. Mr. Walsh and his more sensible col- leagues know well. enough how wrong-headed this criticism of the Government's policy is, but they are powerless against the wild men of their party. In 1924 Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, goaded into irritation by this self same criticism, turned upon his followers. "But what a magnifi- cent conception of pacifist principles are held by honourable members who think the best way to do that is to allow your ships to fall to pieces," he cried. "That is not my view, and it never will be my view." Ta judge by the attitude of the Socialists since the Conservatives have been in office, their leaders have been brought* to heel by the extre- mists, and are prepared to take any risks in matters of defence for the sake of what they are pleased to call a gesture to the world. Mr, Lloyd George and his supporters among the Liberals appear to share the Socia- list view in matters of defence. Some little time ago Mr, Lloyd George an- nounced that, in his view, a reduc- tion of £40,000,000 was possible in the expenditure on the fighting ser- vices, and this ecomomy, presumably, was to be one of the planks in the programme with which he intended to sweep the country. It is unlikely that the wild men of 'the Socialist Party would allow their leader to be content with anything less spectac- ular than what Mr, Lloyd George was offering. But, as a matter of fact, what does a £40,000,000 mean? I assume that about half of this sum would be at the expense of the Navy. Can Mr. Walsh explain how we could then continue to have a Navy suitable to our requirements? To help him I will first set out the following figures from the Navy Es- timates of 1928: Expenditure on Non-effec- tive Services (Pensions, ete.) Expenditure on New Con- struction Expenditure on Pay of Of- ficers and Men Expenditure on - Pay Dockyard Employees .... tion Sought 8,500,000 and explain to his countrymen how such a large cut in the naval esti- mates--to say nothing of a similar cut in the Army and Air Force Esti- mates-- could be made without vio- lating all the principles of Empire Defence laid down in his article and without destroying the fighting' Ser- vices as the effective defence of the Empire. I fancy that he will be re- lived to be in retirement if, in some future Parliament which they con- trol," his friends decide to risk the safety of the Nation by starving the defence forces in the manner in which they advocate so loudly while they are in opposition. Wexford Corporation has struck rates amounting to 16s. in the £ for the coming year. FODDER 13 YEARS OLD Guelph, May 29.--Stock on the farm of James McPherson of Spruce Glen Farm, Proton Township, is thriving on hay stored in the mows thirteen years ago, mostly Manunoth clover, which is in quite as good condition as the average one-yeare old fodder. The blossoms are. still on the clover, as are also many of the leaves, and the hay smells as sweet as if it were only a: few weeks old. It owes its preservation to the fact that it has been covered each year by the season's crop. Armagh city council adopted a rate of 11s. 5d. in the £, veing a reduction of 1-2d. on: last year's - OSHAWA YOUR VALUABLES Fire, theftand carelessness--all ha your valuables at their mercy. A safety deposit box costs that no rd take Ap i losing bonds, stock certificates, tracts, wills or other valuable papers. Ask us about Mis service. THE | DOMINION BANK Cone BRANCH T. W. JOYCE, Manager = Stoeie-ForLonG &¢@ STOCKS BONDS GRAIN : oT Oey ere Sr "7S. F. EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 xplana Let Mr, Walsh degeend to earth N